Our farmer partners are the backbone of what we do here at Olli Salumeria. Without them, our products could not exist. The quality of our dry cured meats depends directly on the way the pigs are raised at the farms. That’s why we go out of our way to work with some of the most highly acclaimed farms in the USA.

Featured Farms

Mosefund Farm, New Jersey

G.C. Andersen is one of most experienced purveyors of rare Mangalitsa pig in the United States. After traveling and working on farms in Europe, Andersen has dedicated his time to revitalizing old world farming traditions and techniques at Mosefund Farm.

The Mangalitsa pig is the curly-haired descendant of pata negra, Spain’s coveted black-footed Ibérico pig. Famous for their lush texture and fatty, sweet meat, the pigs were introduced to the United States in 2007. New Jersey’s Mosefund Farm has been raising these hogs using traditional European farming methods, letting them roam free over fifteen acres for most of their lives.

Becker Lane Organic Farms

Jude Becker is a 6th-generation pig farmer and owner of Becker Lane Organic Farm in Dyersville, Iowa. The farm is Certified Organic, which means the pigs are raised on organic feed with no antibiotics or hormones, are never mutilated (as is common practice in the industry) and are pasture raised outdoors. The result is a “cleaner”, better-tasting meat. The meat has a darker, well-marbled appearance that points to the ideal conditions the pigs are raised in. Jude says, “The Other White Meat campaign of the ’80’s is a misconception. The darker the meat, the better it tastes.”

Jude met Olli a year ago. “I was impressed by Olli’s deep experience and understanding of European style cured meats. They [Olli Salumeria] are a perfect fit for us at Becker Lane.”, Jude says. “The product is incredible and really does justice to our pork.”

Vande Rose Farms

Of all the breeds of pigs, Duroc hogs produce pork known for its rich, red color and adored by chefs and food-lovers alike for its juiciness, tenderness and flavor.

duBreton Pork

duBreton strives to satisfy the world’s greatest chefs, both in restaurants and at home. They help spread a healthy-eating approach, that respects animals and their development while holding their living conditions, processing, and overall environment to the highest standards.

The meat that reaches your plate is the purest anywhere. duBreton respects their animals’ natural behaviors, provide superior living areas and care, and well-fed with a diet free of antibiotics and animal by-products. At the plant, processing is minimal and no preservation agents are used.

Late Summer’s Bounty-Pairing Organic Salami

What’s New at Olli?

Since our founding, we have been providing all natural salami based on 160-year old recipes passed down through Oliviero Colmignoli’s family. Salumi is what we know best. We also know that good salumi is directly affected by the quality of pork; thus we go to great lengths to craft a farm-fresh product, using only pork from humanely raised, heritage-breed pigs from sustainable family-owned farms. Recently, though, we’ve been itching to create something new. “GMO” and “organic” are two words circulating the food industry at the moment, and although we’ve been producing a product sourced from compassionate, pasture-raised farms, the USDA is very specific about what can and cannot be labeled certain ways. And while all of our Olli products are free of gluten, treenuts, peanuts, milk products, eggs, soy, fish and shellfish, we wanted the USDA blessing to add certified organic to the list. As mentioned in our recent blog post, the term “organic” is hard to define since the definition of humanely, organically, or naturally raised seems to be a personal interpretation. Charcuterie speaking, organic meat comes from animals that have been raised on farms that follow a strict set of guidelines. Key requirements include: – Must be raised organically on certified … Continued

It’s What’s On the Label

As you browse the aisles or your local mega-grocery, you will see a variety of labels that advertise and trumpet the “naturalness” and wholesome nature of the product. But these can be extremely misleading.